Cross-posted from here More than 2,000 Ogoni people in Rivers State yesterday staged a peaceful protest in Port Harcourt against the non-implementation of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report on the oil impacted sites in Ogoniland. The UNEP had conducted an environmental […]
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Activists face court over Opera House climb
By Angela Lavoipierre Cross-posted from here A court has heard three people charged for climbing the Sydney Opera House during an environmental protest will plead guilty. But two women who were allegedly involved with the action by conservation group The Last Stand […]
Continue readingThreatened animals suffer for Chevron’s gas project in Western Australia
Native animals are being killed almost daily on Barrow Island by workers on the controversial Gorgon gas project. Documents obtained under Freedom of Information reveal “specially protected” species on the nature reserve off the Pilbara coast are being mown down, sometimes several […]
Continue readingThousands of protesters surround White House in opposition to TransCanada Pipeline
By Katarzyna Klimasinska Environmentalists opposed to TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline encircled the White House, urging President Barack Obama to reject the project even if it means overruling his own State Department. “It will be the real test of his character, you […]
Continue readingProtest against planned cyanide-process gold mine in Romania
CLUJ, Romania — About a dozen people occupied a historic building in the Romanian city of Cluj on Monday to protest a plan to mine gold using the controversial cyanide process in a nearby heritage area. “We call on the Romanian president […]
Continue readingPlans for Gold Mine Meet Resistance in Bulgaria
The New York Times published an excellent expose by Dimiter Kenarov last week on rural opponents of a proposed open pit gold mine near Krumovgrad, Bulgaria, along the border with Greece. The industrial project, spurred by the rising worldwide demand for gold, […]
Continue readingOccupy Goes Rural
Race and Occupation in the Land of the One Percent by Lilac Rural land use in the US has followed the pipeline of the American Dream. Since the Great Depression, farm ownership has fallen by two thirds. Today, half of farm sales […]
Continue readingRemember, Remember, the fifth of November (and a few other days this month too)
…Some roots and shoots of the #Occupy phenomenon… by Panagioti, Earth First! Journal editorial collective, As pointed out in a recent Crimethinc. text circulating among the new occupiers, “occupation” is not a new concept. Manifest Destiny-minded lunatics have been using the strategy […]
Continue readingDefending the Xingu River basin from the Belo Monte Dam
Last week, on October 27 in Altamira, Brazil, the Belo Monte Dam construction site was occupied by 400 indigenous people, fishermen and community members intending to permanently occupy the site and calling allied organizations and movements to join them. The occupation was […]
Continue readingUpdates from Durango Earth First!
It sounds like EF!er s in Colorado have a lot on their hands these days. From tracking gold and silver extraction in the pending approvals of the Wildcat Mine proposal, to the opening 2.3 million acres of new oil & gas drilling […]
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